04-04-2019
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Originally Posted by
Peasant
Use screen, just run the script, detach session.
Great tool, written exactly for your use case, and many others.
Hope that helps
Regards
Peasant
Great advice.
I've never used screen and just installed it and will give it a try.
Thanks!
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defaultdepthofscreen
BlackPixelOfScreen(3X11) MIT X11R4 BlackPixelOfScreen(3X11)
Name
BlackPixelOfScreen, WhitePixelOfScreen, CellsOfScreen, DefaultColormapOfScreen, DefaultDepthOfScreen, DefaultGCOfScreen, DefaultVisualOf-
Screen, DoesBackingStore, DoesSaveUnders, DisplayOfScreen, XScreenNumberOfScreen, EventMaskOfScreen, HeightOfScreen, HeightMMOfScreen, Max-
CmapsOfScreen, MinCmapsOfScreen, PlanesOfScreen, RootWindowOfScreen, WidthOfScreen, WidthMMOfScreen - screen information functions and
macros
Syntax
BlackPixelOfScreen(screen)
WhitePixelOfScreen(screen)
CellsOfScreen(screen)
DefaultColormapOfScreen(screen)
DefaultDepthOfScreen(screen)
DefaultGCOfScreen(screen)
DefaultVisualOfScreen(screen)
DoesBackingStore(screen)
DoesSaveUnders(screen)
DisplayOfScreen(screen)
int XScreenNumberOfScreen(screen)
Screen *screen;
EventMaskOfScreen(screen)
HeightOfScreen(screen)
HeightMMOfScreen(screen)
MaxCmapsOfScreen(screen)
MinCmapsOfScreen(screen)
PlanesOfScreen(screen)
RootWindowOfScreen(screen)
WidthOfScreen(screen)
WidthMMOfScreen(screen)
Arguments
screen Specifies a pointer to the appropriate structure.
Description
The macro returns the black pixel value of the specified screen.
The macro returns the white pixel value of the specified screen.
The macro returns the number of colormap cells in the default colormap of the specified screen.
The macro returns the default colormap of the specified screen.
The macro returns the default depth of the root window of the specified screen.
The macro returns the default GC of the specified screen, which has the same depth as the root window of the screen.
The macro returns the default visual of the specified screen.
The macro returns or which indicate whether the screen supports backing stores.
The macro returns a Boolean value indicating whether the screen supports save unders.
The macro returns the display of the specified screen.
The function returns the screen index number of the specified screen.
The macro returns the root event mask of the root window for the specified screen at connection setup.
The macro returns the height of the specified screen.
The macro returns the height of the specified screen in millimeters.
The macro returns the maximum number of installed colormaps supported by the specified screen.
The macro returns the minimum number of installed colormaps supported by the specified screen.
The macro returns the number of planes in the root window of the specified screen.
The macro returns the root window of the specified screen.
The macro returns the width of the specified screen.
The macro returns the width of the specified screen in millimeters.
See Also
AllPlanes(3X11), ImageByteOrder(3X11), IsCursorKey(3X11)
X Window System: The Complete Reference, Second Edition, Robert W. Scheifler and James Gettys
BlackPixelOfScreen(3X11)